Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is the place to be if you like to write and share Japanese poetry forms like haiku, choka and tanka. It’s a warmhearted family of haiku poets created by Chèvrefeuille, a Dutch haiku poet. Japanese poetry is the poetry of nature and it gives an impression of a moment as short as the sound of a pebble thrown into water. ++ ALL WORKS PUBLISHED ARE COPYRIGHTED AND THE RIGHTS BELONG TO THE AUTHORS ++ !!! Anonymous comments will be seen as SPAM !!!

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Carpe Diem Special #209 "ripple in the lake" by Joyce Lorenson

Welcome at the first Carpe Diem Special of this month. As you can see I have created a new logo for the CD-Specials in which I also has mentioned the featured haiku poetess of this month.

At the start of May 2016 I introduced our featured haiku poetess, Joyce Lorenson, in the second episode of "In The Spotlight at Carpe Diem".

Short biography:

Joyce Lorenson was born
in 1944 in Rhode Island, U.S.A., and lived her first years on her grandfather's
dairy farm by the sea, where her father and grandfather were fishermen and
farmers. Her childhood was spent working
with her parents and brothers on their farms, a wonderful time so in tune with
nature.

She grew up in the company of cows, surrounded by a river, a
pond, fields, orchards and woods, and all the animals and birds that are part
of that landscape. Her entire life she spent in New England not far from where she
was born. At age twelve sheI was introduced to poetry at school and was
smitten. She decided to become a poet.

Five years ago she decided it was now or never, she gave
writing a go. After writing several traditional free verse poems, she began to
feel a shorter form would suit her better. Having always loved haiku, a year
ago she thought she would try her hand at haiku and found it very enjoyable.

She continually strives to improve her haiku. She had
several poems published, a long awaited dream come true, as well as her dream
of visiting Japan, which she did twice.

Joyce Lorenson

I remember that your responses on her haiku were wonderful and very uplifting. Recently
Joyce won our “New Life” kukai with the following haiku:

As you all know the winner of the kukai wins the opportunity
to create an exclusive CDHK e-book and I have already started editing her
e-book. I hope to have it ready later this week. Next to that prize the winner
is the featured haiku poet for a month in the CD-Specials … this month I will
introduce haiku written by her to inspire you all.

For this first CD-Special I have chosen a haiku, which I already used in the above mentioned episode of "In The Spotlight", but this haiku needs to be "in the spotlight" again to inspire you.

As I read this haiku I remember a lot of lakes I have seen. And I can see, feel, touch, smell and hear the lake. As I close my eyes I am there ... it's an awesome place to be. A place to meditate and contemplate ... reflecting on my life and daily life ... this is what this haiku does with me. What are your scenes, feelings and thoughts? Try to catch them in your haiku or tanka inspired on this beauty by Joyce ... and maybe try to catch that same spirit ... have fun!

This CD-Special is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 10th at noon (CET). I will publish our new episode, Luxembourg, later on. For now ... be inspired, have fun and share your haiku with us all.

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Carpe Diem is the place to be if you like to write and share haiku (or another Japanese poetry form like e.g. tanka). It's a family of haiku loving poets.Japanese poetry is known as the impression of a short moment, say a heartbeat or an eye-blink, in which nature plays an important role.It's free to participate in Carpe Diem. By participating in Carpe Diem, you agree with the use of your work in the exclusive e-book series of Carpe Diem.Of course your work will be credited as Carpe Diem always does. However all the texts and works at Carpe Diem are copyrighted and the rights belong to the authors.

March 20th 2016

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